ECB aims to allay moral concerns over Zimbabwe

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DAVID MORGAN, the ECB chairman, will tell the England players tomorrow that boycotting the opening World Cup match in Harare next month in protest at the Robert Mugabe government would do nothing to ease the suffering of people in Zimbabwe, but could cause enormous damage to the unity of the sport.

However, with the ICC still considering whether to send a second delegation to the country to assess security around Harare and Bulawayo — scheduled to stage three matches each during the tournament — Morgan does not sense that the 15 members of the England squad are worried for their